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I forgot to mention something I find rather important. I'd like to refer you to Jenna Volpe, RDN, LD, CLT from Whole-istic Living. She's the one that actually opened up my eyes to the possibility of having ASID (acquired sucrase and isomaltase deficiency syndrome). In retrospect, it makes sense now why cholestyramine was a trigger to me. I was initially put on that medication for the BAM (bile acid malabsorption) and decided to discontinue usage due to the fact that aspartame (orange-flavored) can cause cancer of the liver. I found this out due to extensive research on NIH, I believe. Additionally, the lemon-flavored powder contains sucrose which would explain what triggered what I initially thought was IBS! I find that to be very interesting. What if it is ASID all along. That would have a huge bearing on the type of treatment! However, I'm not ruling out a possible parasitic infestation. I plan on getting tested for that in about a month. I'm thinking of getting tested with Thorne. It appears they have a pretty good reputation for such matters. I am open to suggestions. Take care, all and good luck.

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Need to ask...did the stool and serum test verify it was BAM? And since the choylesyrtamine for BAM contains aspartame I know i need to avoid it cause i've known for years that artificial sweeteners give me the runs big time. Never could tolerate them. Although the gi doc gave me colistipol which is a pill form so have to research if it contains any artifical sweeteners. I've read a lot of people can't tolerate the powered form and all too often after a while it stops helping. So that puts it back into what's the problem? (maybe sugar is the true culprit?).